Allergies? Sensitive Skin? Stop the Itching. Know your Irritants!

Are you tormented by allergies or sensitive skin? If so, you would know that prevention is better than a cure!

In most cases, having sensitive skin is inherited, however irritated skin can also be linked to other causes. Irritation can be triggered by the weather, skin care products, cosmetics, or household products. The good news is that there are hypoallergenic products out there for you.

Babies are more prone to skin irritation because their skin structure is thinner and its barrier functions are limited. Children are also prone to skin irritation because of their developing skin structure. This makes them react quickly to chemical and bacterial irritants. On the other hand, adult skin gets irritated due to aging and hormonal imbalances. These both have a tremendous degenerative effect on the skin’s blockage functions.

Skin Irritation – External Causes

Temperature and climate fluctuation
The cold, dry air and weather during winter sucks out the moisture in our skin leaving it feeling dry, flaky and dehydrated. The scorching heat of Summer can be equally taxing on our sensitive skin and can cause heat rashes or cause the skin to produce more oil and sweat. When you factor in bacteria, then it’s only natural that we would expect skin irritations and itching.

Product Ingredients
Skin products like sunscreens are helpful in protecting against UV rays. But if you have sensitive skin, you’ll need to be more cautious of products containing para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA). PABA is an ingredient that can trigger skin rashes. Triclosan is another ingredient common in soaps and other products like hand and body wash, make up and even toothpaste. Triclosan can cause dermatitis, a skin condition with severe rashes which affects both children and adults. Formaldehyde, fragrance, 1.4 dioxane, sulfates and phthalates are chemicals found in shampoos and conditioners are know to cause scalp irritations. So be on the lookout for these before using products on your hands, hair and scalp. Laundry detergents, laundry powders, fabric softeners, and even your everyday body lotion may also contain the above mentioned ingredients or fragrances and fillers like Borax and Sodium Sulfate. These chemicals can inflame your skin causing itch, bumps, dryness, and peeling.

Time to Shift?

If you think the products you’re using are the cause of your skin irritations or allergies, then you need to shift to alternatives that are hypo-allergenic and more natural. You’ll also need to choose fragrance-free lotions, shampoos, laundry liquids and laundry detergents and fabric conditioners.

EUCA products don’t contain fillers and allergy-causing ingredients. EUCA products don’t contain added perfumes, just the fresh and natural scent of eucalyptus or citrus. Euca ingredients are also known as natural antiseptics, that clean and protect, so are perfect around babies, children, pets and adults with sensitive skin.

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Reporting back to you that Euca Liquid Laundry Detergent has been a major part of healing my elderly Mum’s 2 year chronic itchy skin. She has turned from being a maniac with itching broken skin to a much calmer, soft skinned old lady.

Hi Yvonne, many thanks for taking the time to write your story here about Euca, we greatly appreciate that. Good to hear Euca has been of help to your Mum. We always say that Euca is not a magical allergy helping potion, its just not made with all the nasties that do affect people. So in 99% of cases Euca is a benefit, like with your Mum. If consumers only knew what went into some products on the supermarket shelves, they would never buy them. Thanks again and say hello to your Mum for me (always wanted to say that) regards Gavin K and the team at Euca